Bushra, 18, a Pashto actress who has worked in films, television and theatre, was attacked while she was sleeping at her home in Nowshera town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province early this morning.
A man climbed the wall of Bushra's house, threw acid on her and escaped, her family said.
She was taken to a hospital in Peshawar where doctors said she had suffered 33 per cent burns to her face and shoulder but was in a stable condition.
Bushra's brother Pervez Khan lodged a complaint with the police against film producer Shaukat Khan was behind the attack as the actress had turned down his marriage proposal.